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hospital stays (Cole and Soucy, 2003). While all ICU patients have serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, those ov...
This research paper presents an overview of instruments designed for screening delirium, and then discusses the implementation of ...
The reason is that the hospital has been unsuccessful in recruiting an adequate number of qualified nurses. Ultimately, the blame...
and the church" and encompasses "spirituality, social support, and traditional, non-biomedical health and healing practices," whic...
Hospital. The purpose here is to describe and evaluate the restructuring of St. Vincents ICU to gain one-on-one nursing and so im...
this case reveals how X26 Tasers are being implicated in deaths attributed to excited delirium. Is this implication justified? F...
This essay discusses several issues related to cognition in old age. This includes diseases such as Alzheimer's and dementia, life...
This paper gives an overview of a study that took place in a Polish ICU and pertained to the rate of device-associated nosocomial ...
grueling exam Id have to pass to earn my CCRN," she bought the necessary study materials, sent in an applications and "hit the boo...
employees feel valued; the conditions in their working environment; and resources and salary. Cline, Reilly and Moore (2003) con...
`Research shows that many relatives express the wish to be present during a resuscitation attempt if given that option (Clift, 200...
remained undetermined (Cepeda, et al, 2005, p. 295). The researchers identify associated issues and unanswered questions, which al...
The vision is to be a leader in providing high quality health care services. Their values include a customer-focus and to exceed t...
and how this equipment should differ for this population: Bariatric patients are typically defined as those who are extremely obe...
Hospital departments operating budgets include components such as labor, supplies and other (Ganti and Ganti, 2004). Labor typical...
within institutions where manual charting of ventilators settings is performed well, "automatic data collection can eliminate dela...
of this decision. Ecological theory is an attempt to bring in many different influences in order to understand how a society ...
Furthermore, it is also crucial for nurses to also recognize its association with other similar conditions, such dementia, as deli...
in their glycemic index, present many concerns in the post operative environment. This is particularly true for patients that are...
Kings theory provides a useful tool for nursing intervention designed to facilitate helping the patient and his/her family cope w...
In five pages the implementation of ICU computerization is examined in terms of its patient and technological benefits. Three sou...
the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...
will the organization finance those costs? How will current and future employees view the planned changes? Once senior man...
In four pages a hypothetical situation is considered in which a conflict commences in an ICU between a healthcare assistant and a ...
adding a child life therapist for a neonatal intensive care unit (ICU). This person would be a trained therapist, with the sole pu...
that inadequate understanding of the impact of oral health in the hospital setting can be evidenced, and Holmes (1996) further con...
result in septic shock. Of that 200,000, approximately half result in death due to the onset of sepsis and the subsequent septic ...
"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...
this scenario, the question to be explored now is how each of above named nursing models addresses these patient needs. The Syste...
triggering agents that typically cause a MH crisis are: Halothane (ie, Flurothane); Enflurane (ie, Ethrane); Isoflurane (ie, Foran...